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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2011
Australian shares rose by almost two per cent, boosted by investors' confidence that a Greek default would not extend beyond Europe. The local market opened more than one per cent firmer on Friday, following strong European and US leads after a tranche ...

Suncorp Life appoints new risk head

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2011
Sean Carroll has been formally appointed as executive general manager of Suncorp Life Risk Australia after five months acting in the role. Carroll is moving across from New Zealand where he was executive general manager (EGM) for Suncorp Life's operations ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2011
Australian shares were slightly higher at noon but had shed some of their early gains, with investors awaiting firmer direction on the Greek debt crisis. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 6.5 points, or 0.16 per cent, at 4,079.2 while the broader ...

JP Morgan appoints head of transition management

RACHEL DAVIS  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2011
JP Morgan Treasury & Securities Services has appointed a new head of transition management Australia and New Zealand, as part of the bank's growing financing & markets products division in Asia Pacific. Patrick Fanning has been appointed to the role ...

ANZ Wealth: phone-based advisers to help with opt-in

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2011
ANZ Wealth is rolling out phone-based advisers who will contact clients on behalf of advisers to assist in opt-in requirements and scalable advice pressures, with plans to raise planner numbers significantly. ANZ Wealth, which has the third largest ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2011
The Australian stock market was marginally lower at noon, with gains in the gold and telecoms sector offset by weakness among energy and utilities companies. At 1201 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 6.7 points, or 0.16 per cent, at 4,262.5 ...

Mercer super members seek help in volatility

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2011
Mercer Super Trust members and those of stand-alone funds serviced by Mercer, have inundated the group's helpline for advice on market volatility. Recent data from Mercer found people are engaging with their super funds far more readily these days as ...

Perpetual posts results, buy-back option

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2011
Perpetual Limited posted $62 million NPAT in full year results, down 31%, yet remains optimistic of the impact of its new initiatives, with shareholders also alerted to an upcoming off-market buy-back tender process. Investor caution and subdued markets ...

Software helps financial advisers pin down most valuable clients

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2011
Macquarie's financial planning software division COIN today released a new package that helps financial advisers see which clients are earning them the most money, the firm said. The new tool can also enable financial practice managers to see which ...

US S&P president replaced

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2011
Devon Sharma, president of Standard & Poor's since 2007, has been replaced in the role by chief operating officer of Citibank, Douglas Peterson, three weeks after Standard & Poor's historic weekend downgrade of US sovereign credit. The McGraw-Hill Companies ...